Consolidated Edison
Coned_logo.gif
Consolidated Edison Company of New York (NYSE: ED) (Con Edison, or Con Ed) is a utility company in New York state, USA.
Con Edison is a regulated utility that provides electric service in New York City and most of Westchester County, New York. They provide natural gas service in the bouroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and parts of Queens and the county of Westchester. Con Edison also owns and operates the largest steam system in the entire world. It provides steam service to most of Manhattan.
The utility is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Incorporated, which is one of the United State's largest investor-owned energy companies.
Trivia
Con Edison is famous for having been the main target of George Metesky, the "Mad Bomber" who planted around thirty bombs in New York City from 1940 to 1956. Metesky blamed his tuburculosis on his work history there, but was denied a disability pension.
A former Con Edison building on 48th street in Manhattan was converted first into the studio for the television game show Let's Make A Deal, and later into a recording studio called "The Power Station" because of its Edison history. In 1996, the studio was renamed Avatar Studios.